G/D We A were
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties G A
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties

D/F# My mother cried G
When A president Kennedy died G/B
She D/F# said it was the communists G
But I knew A better

D/F# Would they drop the G bomb on us
While we made A love on the beach G/B
We were the D/F# class they couldn’t teach G
’Cause we knew A better

A We G were
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties G A
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties

They D/F# screamed G
When the A Beatles sang G/B
And they D/F# laughed when the King fell down the G stairs
Oh they A should’ve known better

Oh we D/F# hated our aunts G
Then we A messed in our pants G/B
Then we D/F# lost our faith and prayed to the G TV
Oh we A should’ve known better

A We G were
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties G A
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties

Dm7 We freeze like statues on the pages of G/D history
Dm7 Living was never like this when we G/D took all those G.C.E.‘s
Dm7 Oh you opened the door for us F and then you turned to dust
You A don’t understand us so don’t reprimand us
We’re taking the future
We don’t need no A tea-G cher

D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties G A
D Born, born in the A fifties A G
D Born, born in the C fif-G ties…